And my afternoon

Because of yesterday being assessment testing, my afternoon lab today does not meet. (It is a lab that has multiple sections, some on Wednesday).

I'm tired and sad and really badly allergy-ridden (I could not force myself to get up and work out this morning) and my eyes are all puffy and I have AAUW meeting tonight and feel vaguely resentful at having to go out and take minutes and also be all cheerful and junk. I am not up for continued "discussion" of what's going on on campus in re: budget cuts; I'd rather just go into denial mode and live with the changes I've made without having to talk about them.

So I think I'm just going home after my second class of the day. I'm going to take a long lunch, and practice piano, and if I get up the energy maybe do the missed workout and maybe even wash my hair.

Or I might say "forget all that" and go and sew after lunch until it's time to go this evening to the meeting. I really don't know.

I've also kind of decided: forget doing research work on the "furlough days" (aka unpaid vacation). I'm going to watch old movies and sew or knit. I have ten office hours a week (none of my furloughs will even cancel office hours) that I can work on that stuff. I probably work too hard.

I dunno. As I've said with increasing frequency these days, I need either a hug or a cupcake or maybe both. (And it's a good thing I'm not a drinking woman, these past few days.)